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Welcome to our ongoing effort to catalog citizen science and other public participation in scientific research (PPSR) projects for UC California Naturalists and other citizen scientists. We invite you to browse the listed projects or enter key words (like birds, youth, invasive, coast, Alameda, etc.) in the search box above to find projects in your area. It's a great way to stay involved and keep developing your skills as a natural scientist!

A vast majority of the information in the database was gathered from project websites and may be out of date. We encourage you to contact projects directly to get involved and learn about most recent opportunities. If you work with a listed project and would like to add to, update, or correct the information we have, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu. Also, please consider filling out the "PPSR perspectives" survey. Click here to access the survey, which will help guide this project in the coming year.

If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!

Special thanks goes to the National Science Foundation Informal Science Education program and the Stephen J. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for supporting this database of projects.

Project Name	Communities for Better Environment (CBE) Research Team
Organization Name	Communities for a Better Environment
Project Website	http://www.cbecal.org/resources/why-we-research/
Organization Website	http://www.cbecal.org
Partners	multiple community organizations and agencies
Contact Name	Nile Malloy, Northern California Program Director
Contact Email	nmalloy@cbecal.org
Contact Phone	510 302 0430
Other Contact Information	For project and community contacts, see: http://www.cbecal.org/about/staff/#oakland
Project Purpose (taken from project materials)	Examine the environmental and health harms that result from unaddressed injustices and weaknesses, such as: the heavy concentration of polluters in CBE communities; our society’s continuing reliance on fossil fuels; flaws in our regulatory system.
Participant Activities	Participant activities vary by project. See http://www.cbecal.org/resources/our-research/ for examples of past projects.
Data Entry	Unknown
Other Participant Activities	In addition to documenting the problems, CBE’s researchers also recommend actions that agencies, regulators, and policy makers can take to improve conditions in these communities. Participants can join these activities as legal interns, advocates, and in other roles. See http://www.cbecal.org/get-involved/volunteer-internship-opportunities/ for opportunities.
System Studied	Water Quality, Air Quality, Climate Change, Wetlands - Freshwater Streams and Marshes, Pollution Clean-up or Monitoring
Geographic Scope	Regional
Region	Northern California
Location	Communities in and around Oakland, Richmond and the Bay Area
Location - Map	1904 Franklin Street, Ste 600 Oakland, CA 94612
Time Commitment	Unknown
How will the findings be used?	Reports, fact sheets, and guideas produced with project data are published on CBE's website: http://www.cbecal.org/resources/our-research/#factsheet Findings are used in communication with agencies, local decision makers, and community members.
Other Information	CBE also has offices and projects based out of Huntingon Park and Wilmington, CA.
last update:	2/6/13

If you work with this project and would like to add to or update the information below, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu.

If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!

This database is focused on projects in California focused on the environment. For opportunities outside California, as well as national projects that don't have a California-specific components, check http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects.